30 Poems for National Poetry Month: Day 10
April 10, 2013
Herewith my Day 10 poem:
I awake at 4:30 AM
To the sound of a bird
I can’t identify by song.
He teases me from inside
The magnolia just off our deck.
In the predawn light,
I can’t spot him among the buds.
I think of Issa:
“Singing since morning
Skylark, your throat
Is parched.”
Climbing back into bed,
I see you sleeping.
So beautiful in the early light.
My happiness is anything
But average.
–Scott Edward Anderson
Scott Edward Anderson
Scott Edward Anderson's Poetry Blog 
April 10, 2013 at 11:20 am
Hearing the sound of birds is a major reason I love going to Orlando in the winter. Now, at home, I , too, notice their calling. Xoxo
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April 10, 2013 at 10:28 pm
To clarify the last two lines: This is a reference to Issa’s poem
.目出度さもちう位也おらが春
medetasa mo chû kurai nari oraga haru
my “Happy New Year!”
about average
my spring
For more, go to:
http://haikuguy.com/issa/haiku.php?code=029.16a
April 11, 2013 at 8:15 am
Lovely…thank you..xod
April 11, 2013 at 10:41 am
Thank you, Diane. XO